SSIS Newbie - How to send records from a table in an e-mail attachment using SSIS package

Hi dear all,

I am  kind of desperate, please could anyone help me? I am very new into SSIS.

My task is to send the records from a SQL table as an HTML email attachment using SSIS ?

Following steps so far:

In the SSIS package I have placed the following tasks:

Execute SQL task, Foreach loop container, Script task within the Foreach loop container and Send Email task.

I put the result set from SQL get data in a systemobject Variable ( NewVariableOject)

In the next step I have configured the Foreach Loop Container and set the needed variable mappings.

Further, I have put the C# Code into the Scripttask which is located in the ForEachLoop Container.

namespace ST_81f0d3597e7b418d851f1a7cdb0cc0c6
{
    /// <summary>
    /// ScriptMain is the entry point class of the script.  Do not change the name, attributes,
    /// or parent of this class.
    /// </summary>
	[Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.SSISScriptTaskEntryPointAttribute]
	public partial class ScriptMain : Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.VSTARTScriptObjectModelBase
	{
        #region Help:  Using Integration Services variables and parameters in a script
        /* To use a variable in this script, first ensure that the variable has been added to
         * either the list contained in the ReadOnlyVariables property or the list contained in
         * the ReadWriteVariables property of this script task, according to whether or not your
         * code needs to write to the variable.  To add the variable, save this script, close this instance of
         * Visual Studio, and update the ReadOnlyVariables and
         * ReadWriteVariables properties in the Script Transformation Editor window.
         * To use a parameter in this script, follow the same steps. Parameters are always read-only.
         *
         * Example of reading from a variable:
         *  DateTime startTime = (DateTime) Dts.Variables["System::StartTime"].Value;
         *
         * Example of writing to a variable:
         *  Dts.Variables["User::myStringVariable"].Value = "new value";
         *
         * Example of reading from a package parameter:
         *  int batchId = (int) Dts.Variables["$Package::batchId"].Value;
         *
         * Example of reading from a project parameter:
         *  int batchId = (int) Dts.Variables["$Project::batchId"].Value;
         *
         * Example of reading from a sensitive project parameter:
         *  int batchId = (int) Dts.Variables["$Project::batchId"].GetSensitiveValue();
         * */

        #endregion

        #region Help:  Firing Integration Services events from a script
        /* This script task can fire events for logging purposes.
         *
         * Example of firing an error event:
         *  Dts.Events.FireError(18, "Process Values", "Bad value", "", 0);
         *
         * Example of firing an information event:
         *  Dts.Events.FireInformation(3, "Process Values", "Processing has started", "", 0, ref fireAgain)
         *
         * Example of firing a warning event:
         *  Dts.Events.FireWarning(14, "Process Values", "No values received for input", "", 0);
         * */
        #endregion

        #region Help:  Using Integration Services connection managers in a script
        /* Some types of connection managers can be used in this script task.  See the topic
         * "Working with Connection Managers Programatically" for details.
         *
         * Example of using an ADO.Net connection manager:
         *  object rawConnection = Dts.Connections["Sales DB"].AcquireConnection(Dts.Transaction);
         *  SqlConnection myADONETConnection = (SqlConnection)rawConnection;
         *  //Use the connection in some code here, then release the connection
         *  Dts.Connections["Sales DB"].ReleaseConnection(rawConnection);
         *
         * Example of using a File connection manager
         *  object rawConnection = Dts.Connections["Prices.zip"].AcquireConnection(Dts.Transaction);
         *  string filePath = (string)rawConnection;
         *  //Use the connection in some code here, then release the connection
         *  Dts.Connections["Prices.zip"].ReleaseConnection(rawConnection);
         * */
        #endregion


		/// <summary>
        /// This method is called when this script task executes in the control flow.
        /// Before returning from this method, set the value of Dts.TaskResult to indicate success or failure.
        /// To open Help, press F1.
        /// </summary>
		public void Main()
		{
            Variables varCollection = null;
            string header = string.Empty;
            string message = string.Empty;

            Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite("User::EmailMessage");
            Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite("User::LogID");
            Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite("User::PackageName");
            Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite("User::ComponentName");
            Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite("User::StartTime");
            Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite("User::Status");

            Dts.VariableDispenser.GetVariables(ref varCollection);

            //Set the header message for the query result
            if (varCollection["User::EmailMessage"].Value == string.Empty)
            {
                header = "Execute SQL task output sent using Send Email Task in SSIS:\n\n";
                header += string.Format("{0}\t{1}\t{2}\t{3}\n\n", "LogID", "Package Name","Start Time", "Status", "Component Name");
                varCollection["User::EmailMessage"].Value = header;
            }

            //Format the query result with tab delimiters
            message = string.Format("{0} \t{1}\t{2}\t{3}\n\n",
                                        varCollection["User::LogID"].Value,
                                        varCollection["User::PackageName"].Value,
                                        varCollection["User::ComponentName"].Value,
                                        varCollection["User::StartTime"].Value,

                                        varCollection["User::Status"].Value);


            varCollection["User::EmailMessage"].Value = varCollection["User::EmailMessage"].Value + message;

			Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;
		}

        #region ScriptResults declaration
        /// <summary>
        /// This enum provides a convenient shorthand within the scope of this class for setting the
        /// result of the script.
        ///
        /// This code was generated automatically.
        /// </summary>
        enum ScriptResults
        {
            Success = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Success,
            Failure = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Failure
        };
        #endregion

	}
}

As a last step I send the E-Mail via Send Mail Task and it really works, meaning it displays the table data in the mail body.

However, I need the results as a table in an attachment in the mail. What do I need to change in my Visual C# 2012 Code?

Please explain for beginners ;-)

I am using Visual Studio 2014.

Please help me out. Thanks in advance